John lochner



(No Model.)

J. LOCHNER.

COMBINED TABLE AND CLOTHES RACK. v No. 338,089. Patented Mar. 1.6. 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LOCHNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED TABLE AND CLOTHES-RACK.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,089, dated March 16, 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LooHNEE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Tables and Clothes-Backs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved article of furniture, in which a table and clothes-rack are combined in such a manner that the same can be used as a table during the day and as a clothes-rack for suspending clothes at night, the change from the table to the clothes-rack, and vice versa, being accomplished in a quick and convenient manner; and theinvention consists of a combined table and clothesrack, the stand of which has a hollow center pillar, in which is arranged an extensible standard formed of telescoping sections, the innermost of which carries the top of the table. The sections are locked, when extended, to the center pillar and to each other by springcatches. Hinged hooks are arranged in recesses of the innermost section, the top being also provided at the under side with suspension-hooks. rlhe center pillar has a shelf at its upper end with a depression, into which iits a disk at the upper end of the innermost telescoping section, to which disk the top of the table is attached.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of my improved combined table and clothes-rack. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section on line y y, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation showing the article extended for use as a clothes-rack; and

Fig. 4is ahorizontal section on line me, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Referring to the drawings, A represents th supportingstand of a small parlor or other table, which stand carries at its center a hollow pillar, B, that is provided at its upper end with a horizontal shelf, b. The shelf b serves to support toilet or other articles when the table isextended so as to form a clothes-rack. An extensible standard, O, made of tubular sections O C, is stored away in the pillar B, and may be readily extended by being lifted until the sections C O2 are secured by suitable spring locking devices Z d, respectively, to the pillar and to the section C. The top Dof the table is attached to a disk, b', at the upper end of the innermost section, O2, of the standard C, and provided at the under side with a number of suspension-hooks, e. The disk b' fits into a depression of the shelf b when the top D rests on the pillar B. The upper sec tion, C?, of the standard Gis provided with recesses, to which are hinged clothes-hooks f, that are folded into said recesses when said section is slid into the lower tubular section, O, of the standard C, as shown in Fig. 2.

Vhen it is desired to use the article of furA niture as a clothes-rack, the top D is lifted, and the standard C extended until thespringcatch d of the lower section, C', engagesa recess of the pillar B, and the spring-catch d of the upper section, C, a recess ofthe lower section, O', as shown in Fig. 3. In this extended position the device formsa convenient clothesrack, on which clothes, hats, &c., may be hung overnight. \Vhen the clothes-rack is desired to be used as a table, the sections of the standard C are teleseoped into the pillar B, so that the top D rests on the shelfb, as shown in Figs. l and 2, in which position it forms asmall ornamental table that can be conveniently used duringthe day. By this arrangement the unsightly clothes-racks used in ladies and gentlemens sleeping-rooms may be replaced by a more convenient piece of furniture that takes up less space and that combines the advantages of two pieces of furniture-a table and a clothes-rack.

Having thus described iny invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of a supporting-stand having a hollow center pillar, an extensible standard composed of telescoping sections, a top attached to the inner section of the standard,and provided with suspension-hooks at the under side, and locking devices by which the sections of the standard are locked in extended state, respectively, to the pillar and to the intermediate section, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a supporting-stand having a hollow center pillar, the extensible standard formed oftelescoping sections, spring locking devices for locking said sections in extended state, a top attached to the innermost section, suspension-hooks arranged at the under side of the top, and suspension-hooks hinged t-o recesses of one of the telescoping sections, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a supporting-stand IOO having a hollow center pillar, a depressed In testimony that Ielaim the foregoing as shelf at the upper end of said pillar, an eX my invention I havesigned-my'name in prestensible standard formed of telescoping seoence o'f two subscribing witnesses. v tions, devices for locking said sections in ex- 5 tended position, a top attached to a disk of JOHN LOGHNER,

the innermost section ofthe standard, said top l being provided with suspension-hooks on the Vitnesses: under side, and suspension-hooks pivoted to PAUL GOEPEL, recesses of the innermost section, substantially MARTIN PETRY.

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